Gunshot Victim Still In Hospital After Legion Hall Shootout
Joe Davis, 30, remained in Middletown Hospital under police guard after a Saturday shooting at the Blythe Williams American Legion Hall that left two men dead and two injured. Eddie Atkins, 31, died after four gunshots from a .38 revolver, while Carl Easter and Eddie Williams were also wounded. Police continue the investigation with no charges expected before Monday.
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Joe Davis
Minnesota St
Middletown Hospital
Davis
Eddie Atkins
Curtis St
Blythe Williams American Legion Hall
Eight Avenue
Lincoln Street
Atkins
Carl Easter
Fourteenth Ave
Eddie Williams
Young St
Charles Jackson
17Th Ave
Easter
Local Miss Loses Out in State Junior Miss Pageant
Connie Lockwood of Jamestown was crowned white Junior Miss at Dayton's Memorial Hall. She beat 20 statewide contestants including Middletown’s Judy Widener, a Middletown High senior. Judy earned $250, a gown and a camera. Lockwood won a $1,000 scholarship and a chance to compete in America’s Junior Miss in Mobile, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Lockwood
Jamestown
Dayton
Memorial Hall
Middletown
Judy Widener
Miss Widener
Middletown Jaycees
Judy
William Widener
Nora Ave
Miss Lockwood
Mobile
Ala
Waldo Village Sets Oil Drilling Permit at 5000 Dollars
Waldo village council in Marion Ohio sets a 5000 dollar permit fee for oil drilling. Mayor Buxton notes 1 3 to 1 2 of residents have leased land but residents fear producing wells could contaminate the village water supply. Nearby Mount Gilead charges 2000 with 1800 refundable for dry holes. Cardington charges 1000 with no refunds.
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Marion
Ohio
Waldo
US 23
R. A. Buxton
Mount Gilead
Morrow County
Cardington
Rhodes Rejects Russian Extradition Request
Gov. James A. Rhodes refused a Russian citizen’s extradition request for a Cleveland resident identified as a former Nazi. Rhodes’ aide said such requests must go through the State Department, and the names were not released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhodes
Columbus, Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Cleveland
John McElroy
State Department
McElroy
Police Briefs Report Hubcap Thefts and Break‑In Attempts
Donald Armstrong reported two hubcaps worth 28 stolen from his car at the Pollack Paper Co. lot. Joe Wills said four hubcaps missing from his vehicle at Sebold's Service Station. Bob Mayer reported an attempted break‑in at Mayer Packing, a broken second floor window and a roof entry exit. A coin box was emptied from a vending machine at Violet Bay Laundry. Ed Donovan said his car was broken into with 140 dollars and a 50 tachometer stolen.
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Donald Armstrong
Seldon Ave
Pollack Paper Co
Joe Wills
1604 Meadow Ave
Sebold
Curtis Street
Girard Avenue
Bob Mayer
Mayer Packing Plant
Walnut Street
Michigan Avenue
Violet Bay
South Main Street
ED Donovan
Beatrice Drive
Local resident reports theft from car at City Lot No 7
Herbert Cundiff of 7541 Franklin Madison Road says a rear cozy wing window was broken on his parked car early Saturday at City Lot No 7 and groceries valued at 17 dollars were stolen.
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Herbert Cundiff
Franklin-Madison Road
Two Area Men Escape Cincinnati Workhouse
Larry Marshall 23 of Lebanon and Kenneth Isbell 24 of Middletown led a group of eight inmates in a break from the Cincinnati Workhouse Saturday. The escape, aided by stolen cars and a missing window bar, marked the facility’s largest breakout, with inmates connected to auto theft petit larceny and assault cases.
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Larry Marshall
Lebanon
Kenneth Isbell
Middletown
Cincinnati
Wilbur Guthrie
West Union
James Gilbert
Pineville
Edward Darnell
New Richmond
Robert Elkins
Sunman
Ind
Wayne Johnson
Robert Montgomery
Chief To Retire After 38 Years In St Marys Police
In ST MARYS Ohio veteran police chief Gilbert A Gertsman announced his retirement to take effect next Friday after 38 years with the Auglaize County department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Marys, Ohio
New Shriner Unit Admits Second Burn Patient
Cincinnati welcomes the Shriner Burn Institute’s second patient Wuanita Morse a tenyearold girl burned over 40 percent of her body. She arrived from Chicago for skin grafting expected to take four to six weeks with all expenses covered by the Shriners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Shriner's Burn Institute
Chicago
Wuanita Morse
Shriners Fraternal Organization
Wuanita
Shriners
Neil Morse
Firefighters Respond After Propane Truck Crashes on Howard Road
Firemen secured an overturned propane delivery truck on Howard Road at noon Saturday. The Kuhn Co. rig from Germantown, driven by Rudy Minton, tipped while backing into a driveway but no leaks were found. Fire crews deployed hoses and evacuated two families as a precaution. both homes remained safe.
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Franklin
Howard Road
Jim Lucas
Lucas
Enos Coffey
Kuhn Co
Germantown
Rudy Minton
Top Shoe Designer Bergel Dies In Cincinnati
Albert Bergel 63 famed as a top designer of women shoes dies Friday in Cincinnati. Funeral services set for Sunday. In 1961 he received the first American Shoe Award from Leather Industries of America. He led the design department of U S Shoe Corp for Red Cross shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Albert Bergel
Leather Industries of America
U.S. Shoe Corp
Red Cross Shoes
Railroad Crash Fatal for East Liverpool Man
Omer E. Scott 61 of East Liverpool died after a railroad engine struck his car at a crossing. His daughter Debra eight was injured but not seriously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool, Ohio
Omer E. Scott
East Liverpool
Debra
Deaths and Funerals Retired Armco Official Shoemaker dies
Richard S. Shoemaker 81 of Miami Florida former Armco Steel superintendent died in Dayton at 12 54 a m Saturday after a sudden illness at Miami Valley Hospital He had lived in Oakwood and later worked for Brooks Oil Co Survivors include his daughter and a son Don editor of the Miami Herald Funeral services set for St Pauls Episcopal Church Oakwood with cremation arrangements by Hoyne Funeral Home Dayton and Eaton Funeral Home complete.
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Richard S. Shoemaker
Miami, Fla
Armco Steel Corp
Dayton
Mr. Shoemaker
Miami Valley Hospital
R. Alan Fanning
Florida
Armco
Blooming
Alameda Circle
Brooks Oil Co
Pittsburgh
Don
Miami
Fla
Miami Herald
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
W. Dixon St
Oakwood
Hoyne Funeral Home
Infant Gabbard dies shortly after birth in Middletown
An infant twin boy of Mr. and Mrs. Paul I Gab bard died yesterday at Middletown Hospital at 1 p.m., three hours after birth. Survivors include the parents, the surviving twin brother, one sister Karen, and grandparents Omer and Mrs Campbell of Franklin and Earl and Mrs Gab bard of Lebanon Rt. 2.
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Franklin
Paul I’. Gabbard
Fanklin-Lebanon Road
Middletown Hospital
Karen
Omer Campbell
Earl Gacbard
Lebanon Rt. 2
Churches sue bond firm over embezzled funds
The Greater Cleveland Federation of Lutheran Churches sues Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co. for 77352 alleging funds were embezzled by former treasurer Paul L. Wolff Jr. who received a 27 year prison sentence after pleading guilty to forgery and embezzlement involving about 8000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
Richard J. Gillen 62 Dies After Apparent Heart Attack
Richard J. Gillen of 312 Maple Ave died on arrival at Middletown Hospital after a home heart attack. A 37 year employee of Maxwell Paper Co. millwright, he was rushed by Eaton ambulance. Survived by wife Mary and a large family, funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eaton Funeral Home with Rev. H. S. Gessner. visitation Tuesday 4 to 9 p.m. Burial Woodhill Cemetery.
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Franklin
Richard J. Gillen
Maple Ave
Middletown Hospital
Gillen
Maxwell Paper Co
Eaton Ambulance
Madison County
Mary
Jack
Sturgis
Mich
Carlisle
Richard
Miamisburg
Marguerite Thompson
Beatrice Harold
Pauline Messmore
Carolyn Dalton
Mary Hoskins
Springboro
Henry
Lebanon
Virgil
Franklin and
Sandlin
Waterloo
Pearl McLaughlin
Bybee
Bess Benge
Martha Kidwell
Gladys Murray
Waynesville
Eaton Funeral Home
H. S. Gessner
Funeral Home
Woodhill Cemetery
Lial Kuhns 81 Dies After Noon Heart Attack
Lial Kuhns of Franklin 81 died at Middletown Hospital after a noon heart attack in Germantown. Native of Lanier Township Preble County he farmed locally. Survived by wife Ethal daughter Geral dine eMars Dayton two granddaughters. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Eaton Funeral Home Rep Glen Besco. Burial Germantown Cemetery. Visitation Monday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m.
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Franklin — Lial Kuhns
Fairview Drive
Carlisle
Middletown Hospital
Germantow
Lanier Township
Preble County
Kuhns
Ethal
Geraldine eMars
Dayton
Eaton Funeral Home
Glen Besco
Germantown Cemetery
Funeral Home
Cub Scout Stanley Dye Wins 1964 Pinewood Derby
Stanley Dye son of Rex and Mrs Dye from Pack 9 won the 1964 Pinewood Derby at American Legion Post 218 on Main St defeating Kevin Wattson son of John and Mrs Wattson by a close margin. Dick Heller and Chris Clements placed third and fourth as 35 jokers from eight other packs competed in Pokey Griffith District.
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Stanley Dye
Rex Dye
Roslyn Dr
American Legion Post
Main St
Young Dye
Kevin Wattson
John E. Wattson
Eastline Drive
Gas Spills In Crash Driver Cited
Gas spilled when a laundry truck and car collided at Goldman Avenue and Orchard Street at 2 25 p m Saturday. The northbound truck driver William Harrison Young 55 was cited for failing to yield at a stop sign.
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Goldman Avenue
Orchard Street
Orchard
William Harrison Young
Young St
Eddie de Hart
Burbank St
Union Sanitary Laundry
Young
James Armbruster
Grand Ave
Robert Hayden
Poinciana Road
Flemming
Hayden
Larry Baker
West Middletown
Elmer Reed
Kensington Street
Aberdeen Drive
Milton Road
Reed
Col Jacoby Named To Engineers Post
Col Arthur M. Jacoby will succeed Col Raymond W. de Lancey this summer as deputy division engineer with the U S Army Engineers in the Ohio River Division. Jacoby, 48, an Army engineer since 1936, is stationed in Europe. de Lancey will receive a new assignment to be announced later.
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Cincinnati
Arthur M. Jacoby
Raymond W. de Lancey
U S. Army Engineers
Ohio River Division
Jacoby
Europe
de Lancey
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Corry
Sundeys
Jim Creech
Jim
First National
National
Cincy
New Shriner Unit
Infant Gabbard
Richard E. Gillen
Lial Kuhns
Storewde Sale
South Broad ST
Troop 1
Pack
Cub
Earl Billman
Art Hambleton
Legion Post
Zach
Chautauqua Association
Charles Ingram
Middletown Fire Department
Larry White
Howard Gall
Bill Brice
Jerry Horn
Curtis Peck
Delbert Barker
Richard Gall
Middletown Fire and Police Departments
Kenneth Turpin
State Highway Patrol
Dean Girton
Armco Police
Reginald Farra
District Health and Safety Committee
Fred Schuler
Ft. Ancient
Mason
Ralph Gabbard
Middletown Rt. 1
Central Avenue
Clinton Street
Clinton
Central
Harry Wayne Minney
Middletown Pike
Gabbard
Col. Jacoby
Engineers
Melampy
Union Seniory
Wilbert Bell
Dale
Reaves
U.S
Union
Sanitary
Perk St
2Nd Avenue
West Central Avenue
Gideon Rd
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